The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-28

| She attempted nothing proiouhu VI
poetical. II was simple, plain, direct
plea for the bright side of things. Some
where the sun is always shining, but there
il work to be done, Don't look at the dark
side. Life is worth living. And the listener
must he inclined TO think II Is, when Miss
RouciGe WAS speaking. She is not an elo
cu,ionist, but she went at that essay IN
direct, easy, common sense way that was
refreshing. Miss Routcliffe's gestures were
good her voice clear. If there be any crit
icism TO offer, il is that there was little
liybtness about the whole thing-and still
that was evidently the intent, for the essay
the voice. the delivery, gestures, and all
we're in keeping.
FRANK sAPP
bad subject in some measure like folle't
Bulls, although we do not know which Sc
lected his subject first. Mr.. Sapp's delivery
voice and gestures were good, and his man
ner on the stage was perfectly easy and self
possessed. His effort was good and was
well received
KATE voGEL
spoke on "Our Grand Province She
spoke of the change in womens position
since the days of Greece and Rome She
noticed how every honorable calling was at
the present time open to women Trades
all the professions, art, and in fact, pretty
nearly everything that man does, can woman
do. Law and society have removed all their
their restrictions as to what woman may
do. But the best, the grandest, the sublm'
est sphere of woman is in the home. That
is her best place. Miss yogels essay was
good, and was well delivered.
PERCY HALL
spoke up as clipper as if he was seven feet
tall. His subject was the claws Delay
and he handled it we'll lie told how the
United States supreme court is two years
behind, and no prospect of getting eau! ht
up. Every suit is appealed or thrown
back for new trial, or brought off or in
some way delayed or demoralized What
we want is honest legislators, then the
courts will, in time, be brought to good
STANDARD. Mr.. Halls essay was better
than his delivery.
GRACE sTRAwS
was laborng with quite poor voice which
did not enable her to do Justice to her essay.
The principa, point Of notice IN her essay
was her description of the Holy Land. and
of Christ on the mount Of Vision Her
speech was more like the conventional
graduating essay than many of them were,
although much of the subject matter was
very good indeed.
W. @. EsTABRO0K
came forward rs If slightly embarrassed.
He spoke of the changes in the southern
part Of this country since the war. The lib
Grafton OF the slaves had given the whole
south certain impetus that nothing else
could have done. With the intellectual
white man tilling the fields, the cotton fields
yield more to the acre, there Is more life in
the transaction Of every branch Of business.
Mining, manufacturing, farming, in fact
every branch of southern industry has taken
a boom, and the south is different sort Of
a country from what il was twenty years
ago.
MISS BELLE AGARD
read the class prophecy. II was in poetry,
and 1t would have been better in plain
prose. The writer was jerky and imperfect.
The prop hecy itself was cute. The hits II
were well aimed and were really
sharp. Miss Agard had one bad trouble in
her delivery. Her voice was wretchedly
poor, and broke every little while into fall
se,to. The effort as n whole, was good, and
was frequently applauded. Then came the
Of the
DIPLOMAS
Prof Charles W. Tufts arose on his corner
Of the stage and in his clear, distinct voice, |
pitched just triile higher than usual de
livered such speech as few in the house eS
peced to hear To the class he said that he |
had cared for them with especial interest |
with them he had entered the Ottawa High |
School, with them he went out from school !
work forever, lie had n personal interest |
in every one Of them and upon their work |
hereafter depended his success or failure as
, teacher. lie had come to them, little more
han boy, and had done his best and he
" tnted them AS he would try and do himself, |
to work for honor, position and success.
you'll hear from me- said the professor,
land | trust you may never have cause to he |
Of me. BE honest, be open, be sin
cere. You will make enemies if you do any |
thing, but don't get discouraged. They will |
snar at you, they will annoy you, but they
cannot hurt you. Be true to yourselves and
to your parents, and shun not work" APP. |
plause.
Turning to the audience he said that he
the patrons of the school for the
support they had always given him. He
had made mistakes here and none could re.
greet 1t more than he, but he thought there
are some things he could claim. He had en-.
larpeu the school fnpnl ause1 evarvoua had